Accreditation assessors to visit with police

Thursday

Jun 24, 2010 at 12:01 AM

A team of assessors from the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission will examine the Police Departmentís policies, procedures, operations and facilities next month.

The assessment team will visit the department July 27 through 29, and the purpose is to make sure the department meets the commissionís standards as part of a voluntary process to gain state accreditation.

The accreditation process consists of 252 mandatory standards and 123 optional standards. To achieve state accreditation, the department must be in compliance with all of the applicable mandatory standards and 60 percent of the optional standards.

The Police Department became the 10th accredited agency in Massachusetts in 2003, and was re-accredited in 2006.

As part of the assessment process, member of the department and the community can offer comments about the department as they pertain to the accrediting standards. Written comments can be sent to the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission, 9 Bartlet St. 356, Andover, MA 01810 before July 20.

A copy of the Standards Manual is available at the Mendon Police Department. To view the manual, call Lt. Donald Blanchette at (508) 478-2797.

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